Rapid changes in clonal lines: the death of a 'sacred cow'

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Complex patterns of global spread in invasive insects: eco-evolutionary and management consequences (2016, background): “However, the concept of a true clonal population has received criticism in recent years due to high rates of intraclone variability, persistence of rare genotypes and strong evidence for adaptive evolution (Loxdale and Lushai 2003; Lushai et al. 2003).”
The strain concept in phytoplankton ecology (2009, background): “Given this caveat, some have suggested that the concept of a genetically homogenous ‘clone’ is a Platonic ideal that does not exist in the real world (Lushai and Loxdale, 2002; Loxdale and Lushai, 2003; Lushai et al., 2003).”
Standardizing methods to address clonality in population studies (2007, methodology): “This suggests that the procedure described above should be routinely used to avoid bias in clonal diversity estimates (Loxdale & Lushai 2003).”
Dispersal and clonal diversity of North-European parthenogenetic earthworms (2006, background): “An old clone or a widely distributed common clone may be monophyletic or through mutations it may result in a huge assemblage of minor derivatives (Terhivuo and Saura 1990; Loxdale and Lushai 2003).”